Thursday, November 29, 2018

Online Classes are FINALLY Coming: January 2019!

It’s been a long time since I was last excited about
teaching a workshop. If I looked at my calendar, I could probably say exactly when
the last live class I taught was, but off the top of my head, not so much. I’ve
been working for almost a year to develop my first stand alone class via Udemy.
I’ve had a few setbacks, mostly due to me prioritizing other tasks in front of getting
the class ready, but also just being unsure how everything will translate from
my live class. For anyone who has ever put something important off, you know
how down it can make you feel to not accomplish something that you really
wanted to do. I’ve gotten downright depressed about it.

Today, though, it finally hit me that I could still do
online classes, and actually do them live instead of pre-recording them! I
really don’t know why it didn’t come to me sooner, especially since both my
school district and several other classes I’ve taken online have used Zoom to
do online conferencing webinars. It was like hitting me over the head with a
brick when I figured this out. Why hadn’t I thought of it sooner? I will still
work towards getting my classes on Udemy because they will be accessible at any
time anyone would want to take them, but live online classes will definitely be
happening in January 2019!

The signup will go live in a week or two for my first online
class, Write Fearlessly in the New Year. I’m so thrilled to finally be back in
the teaching game!